Administering ascorbic acid to rats undergoing ageing processes: Effects on myosin-V immunoreactive myenteric neurons

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 337-347

  Mello, Sônia A ^a   Marese, Angélica C M ^b   Brancalhão, Rose M C ^b   Zanoni, Jacqueline N ^c   Natali, Maria Raquel Marçal ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE PARANAENSE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO OESTE DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Antioxidant; Enteric nervous system; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; MYOSIN V;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DUODENUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NERVE CELL; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DUODENUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; MYOSIN TYPE V; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84875386683     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652013005000002     Document Type: Article

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